This page offers a selection of handouts distributed to students in History 311 during spring semester 2019.

General Methods

• Handout –Plagiarism

• • HANDOUT –How to READ Like a Historian
  • How to Frame a Question
  • How to Write a Thesis Statement
  • How to Use Quotations
  • How to Use Footnotes
  • How to Proofreed

For additional resources on historical methods, go to the Osborne Center for Historical Methods from the Dickinson College History Department and take advantage of selected materials from the Dickinson College Library:

• Chicago Style Format (long form)
• History Research Guide
• Information Literacy Tutorials

Discussion Topics